Improvement in supporting-attachment foe sails



CHARLES SmBROWN, 0F PITT-STONQMAINE.

Letters PatentiNo. 80,803, dated August I1, 1868.-

IMPROVEMENT IN SUPPORTING-ATTACHMENT FOR filg ttemle meint tu in tlgsr Enters utmt mit mating part nf tige tame,

fTo Aint. PERSONS 'ro WHoM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME.`

'Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BROWN, of Pittston, in the/ county of Kennebec, and State of Maine, have made a new and useful Invention for Supporting the'Corners of the Head and Reef of a Square-Sail of av navigable vessel; andfI do hereby declare the same to 'be fullydescribed in thefollowing specification,and

represented inthe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view of the end portion of a vessels yard, as. provided with my invention.

Figure f? is a side elevation, and

Figure 3 au end view thereof.

Figure 4 is an outer side view of the adjustable head-hook.

Figure 5 is a side view of the reef-link, to` be hereinafter described.

The usual 'mode of supporting the head of a square-sail renders yits corners liable, particularly when the Vsail is wet, to hang loose, so as to causethe weightiof the sail toibe borne more or less on the canvas,| instead of onthe bolt-rope near the corner, and' this renders the sail liable to be torn at this part of it. To hold the sail out taut, and properly sustain it at its corner, so that the strain may be on the bolt-rope thereof, is the mein purpose of my invention, which may be thus described.l

"To the yardA, a little abaftvof its upper edge, I apply, by means of projections a a,'from .t'wo collars or rings, B C, encompassing the yard, what I term Ia runner, D, which consists oa round rod, a long bolt which goes through the projections a a, and has a head, b, arranged parallel to thejyard, and at a short distance from it, the rod being `provided near its end with a hole, going through 'it transversely, to receive a pin or wedge, e. On thisrun-ner `is placed a hook, E, which is providedl with a brace or ar'm, d, to extend from it, in manner as represented. The runner goes throughthe hook and, brace-arm, both of which slide and turn freely on the runner. I

A series of holes is made laterally through the runner, as shown at e e, &c.,such being to receive one or more pins for supportngthe hook against the draught of the sail.

The'runner, for better security, is'also carried through an eye-bolt,f, inserted inthe yard between. the two collars. There is also on the runner a sliding link, y, whose purpose is to support the edge of the sail 'when a reet` may be taken in it, such edge, at such part, being fastened to the link, while the upper corner of the sail may depend from the hook. i

For the-better security ofthe mousing and to keep the hook,in connection with the sail, I form such hook with a hole,.h, going laterally through it's' shank, and just below the curve z' in the tongue of the hook. The mousinfg, which'goes across thepart fof the hook, instead of being carried around the shank of such hook, :is to be lpassed'through the hole 7L, whereas, were it carried underneath `the shank, such mousing would beliable to be chafed or worn by contact with the yard. f i

The sail, at its upper corner, is .to be hitched upon the hook, after which the hook is to be drawn or slid outward upon the runner until the slack of the sail is taken up. A pin-should next be put through the runner, to hold the link in place. j y

I claim the combination of the adjustable hook E, and its runner D, with thel yard A, such beingto operate in manner and for the purpose specified. i

CHARLES s. BROWN.

Witnesses: a

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

